Industrial Hygiene & Occupational Safety

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The course will expose the students to industrial exposure and its health effects. The student will be able to analyse physical, chemical and biological hazards associated with occupational health and maintain industrial hygiene.

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40 Hours

Course Details

The course will expose the students to industrial exposure and its health effects. The student will be able to analyse physical, chemical and biological hazards associated with occupational health and maintain industrial hygiene.

Course Content

Physical Hazards, Chemical hazards, Biological and Ergonomic hazards, Occupational health and toxicology, Occupational physiology, Threshold Limit Value (TLV), Hazards of VOC’s and control measures, Biological indicators of chemical dosage and monitoring, Body defense mechanism to toxicant exposure membrane defenses and non-membrane defenses, Occupational and work-related diseases, Notifiable occupational diseases and its effects and prevention.

Industrial toxicology. Local and systemic effects. Chronic and acute effects. Chemical hazards: dust, fume, gas etc. Recognition of chemical hazards.

Controlled work environment, prevention and mitigation of accidental chemical releases, General methods for the control of airborne hazards, dilution ventilation, Local exhaust ventilation, monitoring, and troubleshooting of existing ventilation systems, personal protective clothing, respiratory protection.

Mode Of Conduct

The course will have lectures, case studies and group discussion. The course project will be designed based on various scenarios and presentation will be evaluated. In addition, there will be quizzes / semester exam.

References

  • Patty’s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Volume III, Lewis J. Cralley & Lester V. Cralley, Second edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1985.
  • Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with applications, Daniel A. Crowl, Joseph F. Louvar, Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall 2011
  • Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene by Barbara A. Plog and Patricia J. Quinlan, 6th Edition, National Safety Council, USA, 2012.
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    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar

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